Is gold a good investment?

CALGARY, AB, Aug. 27, 2010/ Troy Media/ – It completely depends on who you are, your personal risk tolerance, the make-up of your other investment portfolio, your timeline, and your investment goals . . .

Sustainability must become part of our business model

CALGARY, AB, Aug. 27, 2010/ Troy Media/ – Addressing the environmental piece of the economic competitiveness puzzle is critically important to our future prosperity . . .

Canada’s economic sun is now rising in the West

VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 17, 2010/ Troy Media/ – Unlike in the East, employment actually grew in July, with Alberta and BC leading the way . . .

Canada well-positioned to take advantage of the new economic order

CALGARY, AB, Aug. 11, 2010/ Troy Media/ – Canada has all it takes to succeed, but only if we change our attitudes . . .

China’s drive will help it thrive

VANCOUVER, BC, July 21, 2010/ Troy Media/ – Everyone knows that the growth of China as a supplier, market and competitor is important to western Canada. The incredible work ethic of its people ensures that growth will continue . . .

Arguments against water exports don’t hold . . . well . . . water

CALGARY, AB, June 14, 2010/ Troy Media – The question is why on earth wouldn’t water exports be the subject of trade agreements? . . .

BP Oil Spill Trajectory

How Greece could become Alberta’s nightmare

CALGARY, AB, May 20, 2010/ Troy Media/ — Because the world in which we live is so globally connected, everyone is potentially at risk of investor panic . . .

Alberta businesses singing Auld Lang Syne

CALGARY, AB Dec. 20, 2009/ Troy Media/ — On New Year’s Eve, we tend to look back with fondness and emotion at the year that was.

Is western Canada a backwater?

CALGARY, AB, Nov. 24, 2009/ — Unless one is seeking peace and isolation, rarely does one like to be seen as living in a backwater, far removed from the bright lights, power brokers and intellectual currents of the day. Even when I was growing up in a small community in northern British Columbia – the truest definition of a backwater – I bristled at the slightest suggestion that I was in some way out of touch, out of step or out of reach.